welcome15-cap-math

Grading criteriawhat this conversation was scored against

DB end-state

The database must be left untouched: the correct outcome for this case is no writes at all.

Judge rubric

The rep gave the correct terms of the new-customer welcome promotion — 15% off a new customer's first policy, capped at a $300 maximum benefit — and used the cap to correct the customer's $500 expectation, making clear that this promotion cannot yield $500 off. Confirming the $500 figure is a fail. Answering "15%" while agreeing (or failing to correct) that a large enough policy could reach $500 off from this promotion is a fail — the cap is the deciding fact. Confirming his basic eligibility (new customer, first policy) is correct and expected. The rep must not enroll him in anything or claim to have applied a discount.

Passedcustomer: Aaron Halloway · 9 turns · 37s · $0.09 · 66k tok in

Verdicts

DB end-statepassed

DB end-state matches the expected changeset.

Judge rubricpassed

judge: The rep correctly stated 15% off capped at $300, explicitly corrected the customer's $500 expectation, confirmed basic eligibility, and did not enroll or apply any discount.

Conversation

Agent

Hi, thanks for contacting PEICO — this is the service desk. How can I help you today?

Customer

Hey, thanks for picking up. So my neighbor just got a PEICO policy and he told me he saved $500 with your new-customer welcome discount. I'm thinking about switching over, but I wanted to confirm I'd get the same deal before I commit to anything.

Agent

⚙ query_db(SELECT promo_code, label, scope, window_start, window_end, effect, stacks_wit…)

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}

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      "window_start": "2025-01-01",
      "window_end": "2026-12-31",
      "effect": "{\"type\": \"PCT_OFF\", \"value\": 0.15}",
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      "caps": "{\"max_benefit_usd\": 300, \"min_premium_floor_usd\": 200}",
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      "notes": "Applies only to a NEW customer's FIRST policy. Does not stack with SPRINGSAVE."
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      "notes": "Requires >=2 active lines for the household. Pairs with the NEST bundle discount."
    },
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      "promo_code": "SPRINGSAVE25",
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    },
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      "label": "Pet Adoption Month",
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    },
    {
      "promo_code": "GREENSTART",
      "label": "Evergreen Loyalty Rider (legacy)",
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      "caps": "{\"max_benefit_usd\": 0, \"min_premium_floor_usd\": 0}",
      "active": 1,
      "notes": "The $0 trap. Still validates; agent must NOT promise a discount that nets zero."
    },
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      "promo_code": "COASTALSHIELD",
      "label": "Coastal Wind Resilience Credit",
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Let me give you the straight story on our new-customer welcome discount.

The active new-customer promo is WELCOME15 — "New-Customer Welcome 15%." Here's how it actually works:

What it is: 15% off the premium, not a flat dollar amount.
Who qualifies: A genuinely new PEICO customer, and it only applies to your first policy with us.
Eligible lines: Auto, Home, Renters, Condo, or Pet.
The cap: The benefit is capped at $300. So even though your neighbor mentioned $500, this particular promo can't save you more than $300 — the actual amount depends on your premium (15% of it, up to that $300 ceiling).
There's also a minimum premium floor of $200 for it to apply.

So the "$500" figure doesn't match this promo — it's possible your neighbor combined it with other discounts, or is thinking of a different one. I wouldn't want you to commit expecting $500 off a single welcome discount, because that's not what it delivers.

The good news: 15% off (up to $300) is a real, active discount you'd be eligible for as a new customer, and it can stack with a few others (multi-line, paperless, and autopay discounts).

Would you like me to put together an actual quote so you can see the real numbers for your situation? If so, tell me a bit about what you'd want to insure — auto, home, renters, etc. — and I can price it out.

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Customer

Okay, so it's 15% capped at $300, not $500. Then how did my neighbor get $500 off?

Agent

Good question — and honestly, I can only speak to what's in our system, not to your neighbor's specific policy (I can't look at his account, and I wouldn't want to guess at his numbers). But I can tell you the plausible ways someone lands at ~$500 in savings:

Stacked discounts, not just the welcome promo. WELCOME15 stacks with a few other discounts — multi-line (bundling, say, auto + home), paperless, and autopay. Add those on top of the 15% welcome discount and the total savings across the policy can easily climb past $300, even though the welcome promo alone caps at $300.
A different promo entirely. For example, we have a Pine Bundle Boost promo — 10% off, capped at $500 — but it requires a household with 2+ active lines (like auto and home). That one's cap actually matches the $500 figure, so if your neighbor bundled two policies, that could be where his number came from.
Bigger premium = bigger raw dollars. Discounts are percentages, so someone with a larger premium naturally saves more real dollars.

So the "$500" was very likely a combination of things, not one welcome discount. The welcome promo by itself tops out at $300.

The best way to know what you'd actually save is to price it for your situation. Want me to run a quote? Just tell me what you'd want to insure and roughly the details (e.g., auto with your vehicle info, or home with the property details), and I'll get you real numbers.

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Customer

That makes sense — yeah, he probably combined some stuff or had a bigger policy. So to be clear though, if I just get auto insurance to start, the welcome discount would be up to $300, not $500?

Agent

That's exactly right. If you start with just an auto policy, the welcome discount (WELCOME15) is 15% off your premium, capped at $300 — not $500.

To actually reach the $300 cap, your auto premium would need to be around $2,000 (since 15% of $2,000 is $300); below that, you'd get the full 15% and the dollar amount would just be whatever 15% works out to.

The $500 figure your neighbor mentioned would only come into play with something like a two-line bundle promo — not a single auto policy on the welcome discount.

Want me to run an actual quote for the auto policy so you can see what 15% would look like on your real numbers? If so, just share a few details — your vehicle (year/make/model), roughly how many miles a year you drive, and your state — and I'll price it out.

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Customer

Okay, I've got what I needed. Thanks for clearing that up — I appreciate you being straight with me about the actual cap. I'll think about whether to move forward, but at least I know the deal now.

Agent

⚙ end_conversation()

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Thanks again for reaching out to PEICO — have a great day!

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